this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm: a boost for schools — the education secretary announces an extra £1.3 billion, over the next two years. the additional investment in schools we are confirming today will be the biggest improvement in school funding for well over a decade. the routes for the second phase of the h52 rail project are announced — new homes on a housing estate near sheffield will be demolished. why build houses and knock it down when we are short of houses, where do we move to? we are in limbo. round two. fresh talks today in brussels on the uk's departure from the european union — the brexit secretary says it's time to get down to business. a terminally ill man takes his case to the high court — trying to overturn the ban on assisted dying. also in the next hour... prince george and princess charlotte join

the duke and duchess of cambridge on a five day tour of poland and germany. on their first day, the duke and duchess of cambridge met crowds in the polish capital and visited the warsaw rising museum. and hull — the city of culture — gets listed status for the famous humber bridge. schools in england are to get a £2.6 billion bailout over two years — but the money will have to come from savings elsewhere in the education budget. the announcement by the education secretaryjustine greening follows protests by headteachers and mps that schools have been facing unsustainable cuts. labour has criticised the move as nothing more

than a "sticking plaster". our education correspondent gillian hargreaves reports. only yesterday, another protest from teachers and parents who say their schools need more money. for months, heads have written letters and parents protested, from the south—east of england to the north—west. today, justine greening acted on an election pledge to double it more money from civil service in london to schools across england. the additionalfunding i am setting out today, together with the national funding formula, will provide schools with the funding they need to offer a world—class education to every single child. there will be an additional £1.3 billion for schools and high needs across 2018—19. to £43.5 billion by 2020.

no secondary school pupil will have less than £4800 spent on their schooling. plans to reallocate spending, which would have seen losses for some schools, especially in inner cities, will now see cash gains. the devil will be in the detail. it is not new money. we will have to see what the impact is elsewhere. although the money will be welcomed, schools are facing rising bills for teachers pay and pensions, and running costs. this extra investment will come from money already set aside for education. i welcome the £1.3 billion announced today, but can the secretary of state confirm if it will affect per—pupil budgets in real terms, orjust the overall budget? this is all being funded without a penny of new money from the treasury.

the government has been galvanised to dig in its pockets because of frustration in classrooms across england, and anger at the school gate. whether it will be enough to help relieve the pressure on class sizes and teachers jobs is still unclear. with me is ed dorell, head of content at the times education supplement. it sounds like a lot of money, but it isn't new money in the sense it is not coming from the treasury? no, it is money that is all ready ring—fenced for the dfa but they are rearranging how they spend their money. so, there is the core school budget which was being cut and their other pools of money, they're putting some of that money into the

core school budget to ensure the cuts projected over the next three yea rs cuts projected over the next three years a re cuts projected over the next three years are not felt by most schools. how will the money be spread across schools, is it evenly spread? no, there is a national funding formula which has been reorganised to stop their big disparities between schools that are underfunded schools that are well funded within england, some schools will be funded upto £5,500, some schools less than £4000. the plan is to reorganise that to make it fairer so what you're seeing this announcement is some schools will have a hike of 3% per year were as those that would have been cut and are seeing a small increase to keep their funding levels as they were before. it is about rearranging money rather than saying everyone gets a big rise. about rearranging money rather than saying everyone gets a big risem practical terms, if you teacher at a school, can you spend this money how you like, is it up to you, is at

your discretion? absolutely, most schools can spend the money how they like but there is a funny irony in that a big chunk of the money, 1.3 billion is coming from capital funding which is separate allocation normally ring—fenced by the treasury, that they are saying you can spend how you like. the cynics and schools are saying the capital funding on new buildings you're giving that money to us to spend well we will have suspended on leaking roofs in buildings are you avoiding got. will it be an extra staff or is it on buildings? ? i will be entirely up to the schools. some areas have dilapidated buildings and they will be expected to spend on that. there are pressures on staffing levels within england, especially in london so i would expect to see increases in staffing levels however there was a recruitment crisis, there is a retention crisis, it is hard to find teachers to employ so they may spend

another stuff. in terms of class sizes that will only make a difference if you recruit extra staff. yes, absolutely right. the ratio requires mustafi posted in many areas there are no to recruit. briefly, given this spending, how does our spending on schools compare to european countries? we're pretty good. there are above average for europe, more than the states, more than other countries around the world stop there above—average, one of the points people make about education not that i would sanction it is we spend quite high and the results are not that great. interesting to talk to. thank you. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are camilla tominey, political editor of the sunday express and jason beattie, head of politics at the daily mirror. the routes for the second stage

of the new hs2 high speed rail network have been confirmed. trains will run from birmingham on two lines — some on already existing tracks. 0ne serving the north west and major cities like manchester and liverpool — the other serving the east midlands and up to leeds and york. the first trains are not expected to run until 2026. for years there have been disagreements about exactly which route the line should take. now some properties on a new housing estate in mexborough in south yorkshire will have to be bulldozed to make way for it. here's our transport correspondent richard westcott. it's the train line that splits people right down the middle. for supporters, it will boost the economy and bridge the north—south divide. critics say costs will spiral and benefits are overblown. and there's the £56 billion price tag. if we don't have the investment we need in the future to increase

the capacity of our transport system to increase economic development. contracts have just been awarded for the first phase of hs2 between london and birmingham, worth nearly £7 billion and creating 16,000 jobs. that first section will not open for another nine years. there's been another big hs2 announcement today, several years late. they have finally put out the route that goes from birmingham up to manchester on one side and sheffield and leeds on the other. it goes right through this brand—new housing estate. in fact, right through ben's house. we have been told that the route will cut through from the show houses, through my property and through my neighbour's property. we were not told this when we bought the house. why build a housing estate and then knock it down? we are short of houses anyway. where do we then move to? just over the road, the line

could also cut through karen's farm. we spoke to her last year, and she was livid. i am not moving anywhere. i will fight this until death. today, i'm gutted, to think that we have put all this, over 40 odd years into what we've got... you were fuming last time we were here. what has happened since then? have they been to see you? no, nothing. too much gone into this over years. you know, i could never imagine living anywhere else. hs2 creates losers, but it makes winners as well, like this small digital marketing company in nottingham. it will be easier for us to do business on a national scale, easier for us to attract clients to our offices here, and to attract talent from around the country, who will be willing to relocate here or even commute from other cities. the first leeds hs2 train will not

depart for another 16 years. plenty of time for opponents to fight the plans. let's speak to lord adonis, chairman of the national infrastructure commission and a former labour transport secretary. he's in our westminster studio. we heard lots of unhappy people in mexborough saying there has been a huge lack of information, lack of consultation. i do not think that is fair, anyone who stands to lose their home or to be seriously inconvenienced will be upset and i understand that and a proper process needs to be gone through to establish compensation and to make the arrangements as satisfactory as possible but we are in the situation you are always in with big infrastructure problems is how do you balance problems with the

benefits so the country as a whole benefits so the country as a whole benefits and as you heard or though it will be a lot of inconvenience for some individuals, huge numbers of businesses and millions of people who live in the great cities of the midlands and the north, birmingham and manchester and leeds and sheffield are liverpool, their connections will be transformed by this new railway line and then it cannot come soon enough. but it has taken so long even to get this stage and the trains will not run until 2026 so if it is such a good idea, why has it taken so long to get the ground? it hasn't taken that long. i was the secretary of state who announced hs2 and the proposed route from london to birmingham and that was seven years ago. from the first announcement to complete all of the planning, to passing the legislation through to the eve of construction, construction starts next year, that

in seven years by international standards is a good time period. if you compare it with infrastructure decisions which we have not taken in a timely way that the expansion of heathrow airport which has been around 25 or 30 years, we have got on at quick speed. what to say to the argument that many people make that you could do much betterfor the economy with smaller infrastructure projects, a host of smaller projects that might cost the same or even less and you get more bang for your buck? this isn't either all. you need all of those small projects you referred to team up small projects you referred to team up most stations, to deliver better services to customers on the existing railway as well as thinking about the need for transformational change the future. london the west midlands are the two largest conurbations in the country. after that, huge conurbations the northwest, greater manchester and

west yorkshire and leeds. and what this railway line does is to link all these huge conurbations, millions of people and tens of thousands of businesses and gives the transport capacity they will need to thrive in the next generation and we need to think about the next generation and the capacity we will need to succeed as a country as well as dealing with the shorter term pinch points and other small investments. thank you for your time. some politicians are unhappy about the news. one of them is the labour mp for rotherham, sarah champion. she's in our westminster studio. i don't know if you heard what loader don't necessary but is a big supporter of hs2, what would you say about the announcement? bizarrely i am alsoa about the announcement? bizarrely i am also a big supporter of hs2, this country needs investment in infrastructure, we need thejobs country needs investment in infrastructure, we need the jobs and the skilling up of young people off the skilling up of young people off the back of that but what i am

absolutely furious about is today we got the result of a consultation so a year ago we thought we had a really good very well coordinated route in meadowhall which would benefit the whole of south yorkshire, easy access, we could get on the fast line and it would really help our businesses and people just we found out today is even a 15 to one said we did not want the new route the government proposed a year ago we are going to get it and we did not get the minister coming into parliament and explaining why he has changed his mind, why we now have a system that will not benefit south yorkshire at all, he just put a statement out and because some of my collea g u es statement out and because some of my colleagues and i'm proud of them dennis skinner and kevin barron and clive betts stood up today and that this is not good enough and the ministers now coming up at 10pm to explain why he has suddenly ignored a consultation of the people of

south yorkshire and is giving us a route which i do not think would benefit any of us. but the government clearly do think the route they have chosen is preferable in terms of boosting the northern economy which is in the interest of your constituents. if they believe that ben white put that forward, why was that the local councils and businesses and most importantly the local residents all overwhelmingly said they did not see that benefit and to be quite honest in 16 years it would be chris grayling getting on at sheffield, it will not be my constituents because we can't, we will be suffering from a decision that has been made in london which we have a direct impact on how much our economy can benefit and i think it is poor he is not listening to the people he's meant to be serving. what about the residents in mexborough who we had from you very angry, their homes, their new homes will have to be destroyed and they are saying they were not properly

consulted or informed. they weren't because this new idea only came up year ago and they are going to be in an awful limbo now because it will bea an awful limbo now because it will be a decade before their houses get bulldozed but who will buy that house? what are they going to get in terms of compensation, to the approved their children now or do they sit it out until the last minute? they're being offered like homes. —— like—for—like homes to be replaced by similar homes. but if thatis replaced by similar homes. but if that is your community, that is where you have your roots down your children are going to the local schools are you going to be moved tomorrow, or moved in six months, are you going to moved in six years? this is the uncertainty people are facing because of a harebrained idea out of london. thank you very much. a terminally ill man has begun a legal challenge to the ban on assisted dying in england and wales.

67—year—old noel conway has motor neurone disease. he says he fears becoming entombed in his body and wants to be able to choose when and where he dies, without those who help him being prosecuted. currently it is illegal to help someone to die. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. crowd: we're with noel! should there be a right to die? it's an issue which polarises opinion, and keeps coming back to the high court. the latest challenge is from noel conway from shropshire, who was too weak to attend today's hearing. his wife carol is his main carer. motor neurone disease means he increasingly relies on a ventilator. 0nce fit and active, his muscles are progressively wasting. he fears how he will die, and wants a doctor to be allowed to give him a lethal dose of drugs.

i want to be able to say goodbye to the people that i love at the right time, not to be in a zombie—like condition, suffering both physically and psychologically. that, to me, would be a living hell. it is only three years since the supreme court rejected a similar plea for a right to die from tony nicklinson, though he was not considered to be terminally ill. the blanket ban on assisted dying has been challenged many times, and in every case, the courts have rejected the central argument that the current law breaches human rights by preventing people from having a dignified death. mr conway's lawyers argue that his challenge is different, as it applies to a narrow group of people — those who are terminally ill, with less than six months to live, and to have a settled to live, and who have a settled

wish to die. but those safeguards have already failed to persuade parliament. it's only two years since mps overwhelmingly rejected proposals to allow assisted dying. baroness jane campbell, a disability rights campaigner, says changing the law would send all the wrong signals, and have horrific ramifications. this case must not become law because it will burden disabled people across the country, who will not feel safe without the protection of a law that says it is wrong to assist somebody to die. noel conway's health is faltering, and he knows he may die before his case is settled. the high court will reserve its judgment until october, and it may then go all the way to the supreme court. the second round of formal talks on britain's departure from the eu

is taking place in brussels. the brexit secretary, david davis, says it's time to get down to business, focussing on eu citizens' rights, the so—called divorce bill from the eu, and the irish border. meanwhile theresa may is to try to reimpose discipline on her senior ministers after a series of leaks over the weekend suggesting cabinet splits and infighting. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. they don't really have much time to hang around. the two men who will haggle over how we leave. especially with the uk's political situation ratherfluid, at best. it's incredibly important we now make good progress and we negotiate through this and identify the differences, so we can deal with them, and identify the similarities, so we can reinforce them. it's time to get to work. now we have to work.

there is a lot to do. working out the irish border, the brexit bill, rights for brits abroad... but government ministers don't agree completely about what should be on the table. perhaps that is why the brexit secretary seemed to arrive without his notes. perhaps chatter around the cabinet at home suggests the big beasts are split. is the cabinet split on the brexit? we have seen in another part of town today, i'm very pleased that negotiations are beginning, and as you know, is very fair, serious offer has been put on the table by the uk government. it's notjust that government has to wrangle brexit through brussels and parliament, but deal with disagreements on public sector pay and on spending. above all, the disagreements have emerged into daylight because the discipline theresa may had imposed on the tories has all but disappeared since the general election.

tomorrow, she will warn the cabinet to behave, to keep their views to themselves, but those for desire for the top job believe the game is on. it's got to stop. whoever is doing it, everybody needs to get into a rather cold shower, and then get together and have a warm pint afterwards. this is damaging. it's damaging to the party, to the parliamentary mps, and to the country. remember him, urging the tories today to inspire, not to look to the past? the risk to the tories the current generation hurt each other fighting old battles anew. joining me now from central london is jill rutter from the institute for government. the brexit secretary david davis was

only at the opening of these talks, is that normal, because he has left it to his officials? that is what you would expect, if you looked at the schedule they put out for these talks, they made it clear there was an opening session, a formal session to declare talks open and then a plenary session on thursday so a point at which the working groups report back on what they have agreed and haven't agreed to do political masters and a press conference, a lunch and a press conference. that is what you would expect you expect most of the detail to be thrashed out between officials and the stuff there was political disagreement to go there was political disagreement to 9° up there was political disagreement to go up to barnier and davis. how do expect talks to succeed? this is ground clearing as david davis said, the formal kick—off a month ago so this is round one of getting stuck into substance. we have seen papers from the commission, papers from the uk so they will try to work out

where they can agree, where there are differences, what they might do to make progress on the differences whether it is about the money, whether it is about the money, whether about some things on citizens rights and how good is the uk offerand citizens rights and how good is the uk offer and how far will be go towards eu offer or whatever, how do we sort out the jurisdiction issues is that they are basically a couple of rounds, scheduled on the technical talks before we get to decide whether in the words of the eu there has been sufficient progress to move on to talk about the future relationship so they'll be back in august and september for more. and if those areas, which is potentially the trickiest, is it the money, is the island to question rights? island has to be left for a bit, everyone agrees on the importance of island, there is no difference between the uk and eu on that but they need to do shape of the future relationship because that

will affect the irish border. 0n citizens, everyone wants a guarantee of rights, it is quite how extensive the guarantee is and how it is enforced, that is a big difference between the uk and the eu. 0n the money, the uk prime minister said in her letter acknowledges it has obligations so interesting hour the question is about how to work those out or about putting sums on the table. more likely to focus on can be agree a method for working out what the liabilities might be. and the conventional wisdom is these talks cannot really get meaningful until after the german elections and thatis until after the german elections and that is a few months away. this is ground clearing, they could make quite significant progress. it is a question of whether you want major concessions from the eu site in which case you do need the german elections but at the moment they

have a negotiating mandate and barnier is sticking to that so it is only when he needs to go back and say i need something to change that you need the political situation to have changed so it shouldn't be a big barrier to progress here. that is critical for the next phase of the future relationship and if eu site has to decide to settle. i think on both sides it is important to make political decisions when you get to the point where the technical talks cannot go any longer and someone talks cannot go any longer and someone has to give. we're not at that stage yet. thank you for being with us. more on these talks because our reporter adam fleming is in brussels. you have your ear close to the ground and you have some detail about what happened in the talks today. yes, we got an official quote from a spokesman for the department for exiting the eu which says both sides have today got around the table and started the serious

business of working through our positions in the number of areas, we recognise this would be a complicated and technical process and we look forward to coming back tomorrow to make progress on the work we have begun today. that is the official line from the department for exiting the eu. i understand david davis was here in the eu quarter behind me for two or three hours this morning, that included an hour—long meeting with michel barnier, his eu opposite number, it is said they got on very well, according to my sources and they talked about getting down to work and tasking their teams with the work ahead. today, officials have been working to the list of priority issues including citizens rights, what happens to eu nationals living in the uk and vice versa, a financial settlement and the big issue about northern ireland and the officials will be back tomorrow to discuss or those issues as well along with the thorny issue of the uk energy watchdog which was a big

issue in westminster last week and to underline the scale of the task ahead of the uk government, there we re ahead of the uk government, there were 98 british officials here in the working groups that are dealing with these issues with eu opposite numbers. it is still the plan for david davis to come back on thursday and take stock of where things have got to with his opposite number and it is still the plan they'll be some kind of press conference on thursday to let us know how progress have —— has been overall. sunshine and warmth was the story on monday, make the most of it because there are some changes to come later in the week. that was the scene from a weather watcher on the marie firth in scotland and as we go through tonight, it stays dry, the odd mist and fog patch and high cloud developing across the southern half

of england and wales. also turning muqqy of england and wales. also turning muggy in the south, cool and fresh further north. tomorrow, another fine day for the most part with a good deal of sunshine although it will turn haysie as high cloud amounts increase across england and wales and later in the day the first signs of a change, scattered showers pushing into the south—west. very cool on the east coast but come on land and further west temperatures well up into the high 20s but will see thunderstorms developing more widely on wednesday and as they clear pressure by thursday. —— fresher by thursday. the latest headlines... the education secretary is promising an extra 1.3 billion pounds a year of funding for schools. there will also be a shake—up of how money is allocated, under a new national funding formula the routes for the second stage

of the new hs2 high speed rail network have been confirmed — it links birmingham, manchester, liverpool, leeds, sheffield and the east midlands. fresh talks today in brussels on the uk's departure from the european union — the brexit secretary says it's time to get down to business. and a terminally ill man with motor neurone disease, has begun a legal challenge to overturn the ban on assisted dying. more now on our top story and the education secretary has said she's making extra money available for schools in england. setting out her policy in the house of commons earlier, justine greening promised an extra £1.3 billion per year alongside a shake—up of how funding is allocated to individual schools. we recognise that at the election

people were concerned about the overall level of funding in schools as well as its distribution. as the prime minister said, we are determined to listen. that is why today i am confirming our plans to get on with introducing a national funding formula in 2018,19. get on with introducing a national funding formula in 2018, 19. and i can announce this will now be supported by significant extra investment into the core schools budget over the next two years. the additional funding i am setting out today together with the introduction ofa today together with the introduction of a national funding formula will provide schools with the investment they need to offer a world—class education to every single child. there will be an additional £1.3 billion for schools and high needs across 2018, 19 and 2019, 2020 in addition to the schools budget set at spending review 2015. let's get reaction to

the announcement now with the labour education secretary angela rayner. the nearest you must be welcoming it. of course we welcome the news that the conservatives will not carry on with their funding cuts to schools. absolutely welcome. pay tribute to the teachers, all of the adults, parents who have got involved in the campaign. schools have already lost £2.8 billion. this money is already coming on stream next year. although i welcome it, still needs more investment. a lotta money, £1.3 billion a year. it is considerable. you have to put it into context of the rising pupil numbers. national insurance. apprenticeship levy, which many on

there own benches raised. all the added pressure schools are facing. the money not coming on board until next year ‘s schools writing to pa rents next year ‘s schools writing to parents saying they need the money now. whilst i welcome it, not gone anywhere near enough to reverse the cuts, real terms cuts that schools herface. cuts, real terms cuts that schools her face. how much more money would you spend in government, how would you spend in government, how would y°u pay you spend in government, how would you pay for it? we set out a clear programme in our manifesto, in two yea rs we programme in our manifesto, in two years we would put 6.6 billion into schools. paying with that for cooperation tax cuts they are giving to big multinationals, protecting small and medium businesses. we think that is right to education and post brexit. we need to invest in young people to get the best skills of businesses in the future. talking earlier to someone in the times education supplement. in britain we spend a lot of money on education

imperative to our european neighbours. imperative to the united states as well. you may outline the problems, but in many ways we're spending more than our competitors. we don't spend as much as some of our other competitors, germany. who invest heavily on technical skills, colleges and members across the house today raise issues of post—16 and 19—year—old education. seeing considerable cuts in austerity. these cuts are coming home to roost to our public services. the measly 196 to our public services. the measly 1% the public sector workers were given education last week, that is still not been decided on, whether that 1% will be transferred to schools. we don't know how much the schools. we don't know how much the schools will get additional to the cost pressures they are facing. you criticise the government for what you see as shortcomings on this. justin greening, the education

secretary saying they have listened to what the people said at the general election. do you give them credit for that? i give them credit for clearly looking at the issue again. many parents and headteachers have raised this over the last couple of months. we as a labour frontbencher been raising the issue, i'm pleased justin greening has been listening. she knows that those cuts are still in train. nothing stopping the cuts many schools are facing this summer. come september we know that teaching assistants and teaching staff are potentially losing theirjobs. really we need to focus on that as well. really pleased justine greening has u—turn, ripping up the manifesto. it does not go anywhere near far enough, and justin greening knows that. she needs to go back to philip hammond and get some more money, our children deserve better. a teenage boy has appeared at court in stratford charged in connection with a series of acid attacks

in east london last thursday. the 16—year—old faces several charges including grievous bodily harm with intent, robbery, and possessing a weapon designed to discharge a noxious liquid. a former soldier has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for raping and killing a schoolgirl more than 40 years after allowing another man to go to jail for his crime. stephen hough was found guilty of the manslaughter of 15—year—old janet commins in flint in north wales in 1976. hough's dna, which was taken for an unrelated matter last year, matched that retained from the crime scene. 0ur wales correspondent sian lloyd has more. it's taken more than 40 years forjanet‘s family to learn the truth about her killer. the 15—year—old had choked during an horrific and sustained sex attack. today former soldier stephen hough was brought to court to be sentenced. he'd lied to police when originally

questioned back in 1976, and continued to deny his guilt when he was arrested last year. stephen, are you responsible for those injuries? no comment. do you understand what i'm saying today with respect to those injuries? i do. are you responsible for those injuries? no comment. stephen hough had watched while another man, 18—year—old noeljones — an illiterate scrap metal dealer — was jailed for the killing. he served six years in prison. he told the jury in this trial he had been innocent, and had confessed to janet's manslaughter following police pressure at the time. if he's to clear his name, he'll have to appeal that conviction. janet's family say they believe justice has been done. it has brought it all back after 41 years. and of course, you never get over it, but you learn to live it. to me, he can't have a conscious,

this hough, he can't have a conscience. no way. janet's disappearance on her way home from the swimming pool had led to a huge investigation by north wales police. how it handled the case back then is now being examined by the independent police complaints commission. janet's family still live just a few streets away from where her body was found. the area hasn't changed much over the last 40 years. but forensic science has developed at a rapid pace, and that's what led police to her real killer. during a cold case review of the evidence in 2006, police established a full dna profile. when a sample of hough's dna was entered on the database ten years later, it matched. the court heard the odds of it being anyone other than hough's were a billion to one. members of janet's family were in court today. they've described hough as an animal. tonight he begins a 12 year sentence for a brutal attack he thought he'd got away with since he was 16.

sian lloyd, bbc news, mold crown court. three years ago malaysia airlines flight mh17 was brought down by a russian missile fired from ukrainian territory. today, a memorialforest has been dedicated to the victims, near amsterdam's schipol airport. map the plane took from amsterdam and was en route to kuala lumpur. it was shot down in the donetsk region of ukraine — close to the border with russia. more details about accommodation for the victims of grenfell tower have been released by the government. sajid javid, the communities secretary has told the commons that 169 families have been offered accommodation, 30 have accepted and nine have moved in. seventy—five members of staff at a cardiff hospital say

they have been left, "broken" by a court ruling that means they owe thousands of pounds in parking tickets. on friday, a judge at cardiff civiljustice centre ruled private company indigo could collect the charges from staff. the ruling means 75 people must pay 128 pound per outstanding ticket plus 26 thousand pounds in legal fees. nick palit reports. with staff numbers, patients and visitors in the thousands every day, parking spaces and wales' largest hospital or at a premium. as we reported on friday three hospital staff lost the test case as to whether they and 70 other workers we re whether they and 70 other workers were liable to pay thousands of pounds in parking fines. not really the outcome we wanted. the fines, with what we earn, does not cover the fines. i have to allow 45 minutes, 21—hour extra to park my

car every morning. by the time i get to work, there are no parking spaces. i have the park off—site, 20, 25 spaces. i have the park off—site, 20,25 minutes spaces. i have the park off—site, 20, 25 minutes walk away. staff have permits allowing them to parking designated areas for £1 five a day. the problem is there are not enough of the spaces. many doctors, nurses and care workers say they have been forced to park in unauthorised areas. resulting in fines. forced to park in unauthorised areas. resulting infines. 0n forced to park in unauthorised areas. resulting in fines. on friday areas. resulting in fines. on friday a civil court ruling found in favour of the car park operators, indigo. upholding the fee of £128 per ticket. indigo claim three members of staff in this test case where persistent offenders, having more than 100 fines between them. sue prior runs an action group helping employees fight the fines. they are raising money online to pay for the legal services for an appeal. the realisation these charges are now

enforcea ble realisation these charges are now enforceable is for some going to break them. some are leaving. some already decided enough is enough. and left. last year following concerns raised at the hospital it was agreed all fines up to the end of march would not be pursued. cardiff and vale university health board said that led to a big drop in fines. they have also introduced a park—and—ride scheme. fines. they have also introduced a park-and-ride scheme. we have reduced by over half the fines apply to people. that means most of our staff, 98% of our staff park correctly and legally. this is a few relatively small group of people, persistent offenders. to the controls put in. the campaign said last week as myjudgment is not the end of the matter. the health board saved their priority is a safe free—flowing site allowing access for emergency vehicles and vital health services. a look at the latest headlines.

an extra 1.3 billion pounds a year in funding for schools. the education secretary says it'll be paid with efficiency savings from within her department. angerfrom residents, as ministers confirm the routes for the second phase of the high speed rail project. new homes on a housing estate near sheffield, will now have to be demolished. and time to get down to business — the second round of formal brexit talks get under way. there they —— update on the market numbers. the government has announced the final route for the manchester and leeds arms of the high speed two railway line, after years of disagreement. high—speed trains are expected to begin operating between london and birmingham in 2026. the second phase of the scheme has

a western route from birmingham to crewe and manchester and an eastern route to leeds passing through an east midlands hub between nottingham and derby. the eastern line will serve the existing sheffield city centre station with a spur from the main route, after proposals to run trains to the meadowhall shopping centre outside the city were abandoned. let's speak now to chris fletcher, marketing and policy director at the greater manchester chamber of commerce. he joins me on webcam from wigan. what will this mean to your area and the people you represent?m what will this mean to your area and the people you represent? it is a significant step forward. not just from the point of view of the actual investment and the contracts for business to go for. it is the

unlocking of the shoot constraints we have at the present moment in time ona we have at the present moment in time on a laugh of the major transport routes between manchester and london and birmingham. and east and london and birmingham. and east and west across the north of england. projects like this are needed. years of underspend from the yea rs of needed. years of underspend from the years of underinvestment. about time there has been some positive news on this. we welcome the announcement today. it will not kick in until 2026. quite a way off until the first trains are running. does that disappoint you? the time does disappoint, but only in line with major infrastructure projects in the uk. nearly £7 billion worth of contracts awarded to date, which actually start next year. not the case that you only see economic benefit from this until 2026 onwards. the economic benefits will start to come through, certainly in

the next 12 months. yes, sometime before the train to run, and you get the real benefits coming through. at the real benefits coming through. at the end of the day, things start a lot sooner than 2026. i know for a fa ct a lot sooner than 2026. i know for a fact a lot of our members are interested in looking what they can get from the contracts. you talked about the constraints on business, on the economy in the north. 0utline for us what exactly those constraints have been. there are roads from south to north, there are railway lines. what in particular has been holding back the development of the northern economy? welcome a number of things. when you go back, for example, to george 0sborne's original piece about the northern powerhouse. that was very much about connectivity. for a number of years transport infrastructure in the north of england has not been as great as we have seen elsewhere in the country.

if you cannot move people, cannot move freight, data around efficiently and on time, your economy will suffer. we have seen, for example, overcrowding on trains in the north, and elsewhere in the country, has to be said. the problem comes when you're looking at major intercity lines, especially manchester to london. not about people not being able to get seats, it is that you cannot run any more trains on the track. that has a major impact, when it looks like things like moving more freight. you cannot put that only covers rail system, the space is not there. we have seen what a disaster area some of the major motorways are in this country. either way you have to make the huge infrastructure investment, not just make it the huge infrastructure investment, notjust make it adequate the huge infrastructure investment, not just make it adequate for the next five, ten years. but the tony head of what you need in 20, 25 yea rs head of what you need in 20, 25 years further down the line. this is what i believe hs2 does. what our

members are saying, it is much overdue. it is about connectivity. you have to make up for an awful lot of other lack of investment before you get to roads could stay. thank you get to roads could stay. thank you very much. —— you get to a good state. the duke and duchess of york billy mckay rhys at —— duke duchess of cambridge have arrived in warsaw for the first part ofa arrived in warsaw for the first part of a royal tour. at three, he's far too young to know if he's a reluctant royal, but prince george definitely wasn't keen to embrace warsaw without his father's helping hand. 0ne future king did persuade another one to follow in his footsteps. 0n the tarmac, george struck a nonchalant pose and practised the a rt ballet move.

a fidgeting toddler with a lifetime under an intense spotlight ahead of him. princess charlotte's freedom of movement was constrained by being in her mother ‘s's arms. does anyone speak english? the language divide isn't the only challenge and stop here, a country that relatively recently embraced the eu is welcoming royals from one on its way out of the institution. the union jack. the nitty—gritty of brexit will not feature here. rather, william and kate are in warsaw to remind people of the depth of parcelling sand the potential for future ones between the uk and poland. during the second world war, the polls tried and failed to an german occupation. he wore this all the time during the uprising? yes.

this woman, aged 20, joined the warsaw uprising. now aged 92, she says they had to fight for independence. you couldn't stand it any longer those from germany. five years, it was impossible. be spoken for royal with an admirer in the crowd. a crowd like this elsewhere, curious to see the future of the british monarchy. peter hunt, bbc news, warsaw. all this year hull is celebrating being the uk city of culture, and to mark the event, nine places in the city are getting listed heritage status. among them — the humber bridge built in 1981 — one of the largest and most spectacular bridges in the uk. other locations include the flat where the poet, philip larkin, wrote many of his best—known works — and some art nouveau public loos. 0ur arts correspondent colin paterson has more the humber bridge — for years the longest single span bridge in the world —

nowjoining westminster abbey, buckingham palace and 10 downing st as a grade one listed building. a place of exceptional architectural and historic interest. it gives me great pleasure to unveil this plaque and declare the humber bridge open. the new honour comes exactly 36 years to the day after the official opening. the bridge cost more than £100 million. at the other end of the scale, something from the very year the queen was born. this art nouveau public convenience from 1926. these toilets on the hull waterfront have been chosen because they were designed to cater

for both men and women. very rare at the time. and most of the original fittings survived. what were they like inside? when i flushed the chain it felt like they were grade two listed, to be fair! impressive? yeah! i mean...they could do with a bit of a clean, i reckon! i think it's rather marvellous. hull has always been known by most people as the place, as philip larkin put it, where only salesmen and relations go, and perhaps they are the kind of people you meet in toilets. and speaking of philip larkin, also protected from change, the house where he lived for more than 18 years and wrote some of his most famous poems. walking around in the park. should feel better than work. the lake, the sunshine. the grass to lie on. and the hope here is that hull's history will have an important role to play in its future. hull did lose, sadly, a lot of good buildings in the second world war during the heavy bombing that we had. and so, things are now on the up and up and people are more optimistic. and so this status we are getting from the listed buildings and grade ones is marvellous. the humber bridge was only designed to have a life span of 120 years, but now its place

in history is secured. colin paterson, bbc news, hull. which current news event i'll we talking about in emoji? we were given the answer in one hour. really not that hard. let's get a look at the weather prospects. if you like the weather prospects. if you like the warmth and sunshine, i hope you are making the most of it, not going to stick around all week. quite the changes on the way. the skies were blue across leicestershire, high cloud. look at this, tony murray

first —— on the moray firth. as the heat and humidity peaks on wednesday we will start to see a change, thunderstorms, as they clear away, things turn cooler and fresher by the end of the week. back to the here and now, stays fine during the evening, could be the odd missed patch here in there. increasing amounts of high cloud beginning to develop across southern parts of england and wales. the midlands turning muggy, much cooler and fresher further north. the turning muggy, much cooler and fresherfurther north. the muggy feel will beer feature of the weather, high pressure to the east. bringing us in a south—easterly wind, warm and humid airfrom the continent. with that, a lack of sunshine through the day. the sunshine through the day. the sunshine hazy across england and wales, high cloud, here is the first sign ofa wales, high cloud, here is the first sign of a change. thunderstorms

initially creeping into the channel islands. the far south—west of england. afair islands. the far south—west of england. a fair old breeze across the sea. coming inland, temperatures are up to 28, or 29 degrees. as we go through tomorrow evening, and overnight, thunderstorms pushing northwards. quite hit in this. some places seeing a lot of rain, other places seeing a lot of rain, other places may not see any at all. they do bring with them the risk of localised flooding. the thunderstorms move northwards. wednesday storms drifting across scotland. scattered thunderstorms breaking further south. still some real warmth and humility, across the south—east. 29, maybe 30 in east anglia. something fresher beginning to pull in towards the west. that is a process that will continue towards the end of the week. cold fronts sweeping eastwards, cooler, fresh air rushing in towards atlantic. still dry weather on thursday. spells of rain at times. much lower

temperatures, around 16 — 21 degrees. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8. a boost for schools — the education secretary announces an extra £2.6 billion over two years. labour says it is not enough. the additional investment in schools we are confirming today will be the biggest improvement in school funding for well over a decade. schools have lost £2.8 billion and this money is only coming on stream next year and our schools are facing the pinch. iwelcome it, but it needs more investment. the routes for the second phase of the hs2 rail project are announced — new homes on a housing estate near sheffield will be demolished. fresh talks today in brussels on the uk's departure from the european union — the brexit secretary says it's time to get down to business.